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BOTTLE GORKING MACHINE.

No. 525,279. Patented Aug. 28, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDERS ANDERSEN FINDSTOFTE, OF COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.

BOTTLE-CORKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,279, dated August 28, 1894. Application led May 11, 1893. Serial No. 473,887. (No model.)

To aZZ whom. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERS ANDERSEN PINDsToETE, manufacturer, a subject .of the King of Denmark, residing at Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented certain new and useful tle-Oorking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same. Myinvention consists of improved and simple apparatus for holding the bottle while insorting the cork, compressing the cork before inserting it, and easily inserting the cork, and, finally, releasing the bottle without shocks and jars all as hereinafter fully described reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1, is a left hand side elevation of the machine with some parts in section. Fig. 2, is a front elevation. Fig. 3, is a plan view of the standard and part of the bottle holding apparatus, the 4standard being sectioned on line y, fy, Fig. 2. Fig. 4, is a horizontal section on line a; of Figs. 1 and 2, showing the cork compressing apparatus preparatory to compressing the cork. Fig. 5, is a like section showing the cork compressed preparatory to being forced into the bottle. Fig. 6, is a side elevation of the ram carrying slide showing the inolines for working the movable dies, and Fig. 7, is a front elevation of said`slide.

A represents the bed frame of the machine, B the standard supported on said bed frame, and O the table supported on the top of the standard.

D represents the bottle holding table, it is fixed vertically adjustable inv the standard F, by its stem e2, set in a socket of the standard, and a set screw CZ for securing said stem at any desired height. The lower end of the standard F has a seat t" in the lower cross bar of a yoke K pivoted at e3 to and suspended from the forked end of a lever E which has its fulcrum pivot e in the housings e', projecting forward of the standard B at its base. The side f of the standard F fronting the main standard B of the machine is wedge shaped and the front side of said Standard Fbears against the insides of the Improvements in Bot-l crossv bars H bolted on to the ends of arms e4 projecting from the front edges of housings e.

.The lever E has a counter-balance weight G, to overbalance the bottle holding table and pressl the' bottles fr, up against the elastic perforated pad attached to the under side of the table C and between which and the table D the bottles are to be confined while receiving the corks forced in by the vram '0, the pad protects the bottles from breakage by the shocks. v

The Wedge F having back support on lugs f2, is made to press against the inclined side f of standard F and gripsaid standard firmly against cross bars H for holding the bottles firmly against the thrust of the ram while forcing in the corks. The said wedge F is connected by a rod L with the vertically moving slide N which works the ram V; the rod L is connected to the chambered head of the wedge in such manner that while the wedge takes effect on the standard F and comes to rest before the termination of the down movement of the slide N, the rod L may continue to move therewith without obstruction by sliding in the end of the wedge in a kind of slack joint, said end having the slot e5 adapted to admit the headed end of the rod and to retain it for raising the wedge. v

The slide N has guide ways O provided through the table C and on the vertical guide rods P supported on table C; at the upper end said slide has the arm p', supporting the ram V in due relation to the perforated pad c and a corresponding hole c through table C for forcing the corks into thebottles. The slide N is connected to the hand lever M for working it up and down, said lever being pivoted at m toa bracket of the standard B, and it has a counterbalance weight S, hung on the link R pivoted to the end of the short arm of said lever and coupled by link T with a fixed pivot t, so that when the lever is thrust down quickly in forcing in the cork the limit of the thrust of the ram on the cork will be controlled by the links without shocks, and the slide N willbe thereafter quickly raised by the weight. The dotted lines m2 in Fig. 2, show the positions of the lever and links when the links take effect in stopping the action of the ram on the cork by a quick motion of the IOO i of operation.

lever, from which positions the weight S qnickly returns the parts to the normal positions after the release of the lever by the operator.

The connection of the lever M with the 'slide N is made by a roll 'It' pivoted to the lever and working between the shoulders n2 of a n otch in the side of the slide for an anti-friction device and to compensate for the lateral play of the pivot center relatively to the bar of the slide due to the arc in which said center swings.

The slide N has an incline n3 to work a cork compressing jaw fu pivoted at o3, on the table G, said incline acting on the anti-friction roll r, in the long arm of said pivoted jaw, said slide N also has another incline n4, to work the sliding cork compressing jaw e by acting on the anti-friction roll r' in the sliding stock s carrying said jaw o; with this incline n' there is also a counter incline a5 to eiect the reverse movement of jaw fu'; the spring z5 eects the reverse movement of jaw fu. Vith these movable jaws there is also a stationary jaw o between which and the movable jaws the corks applied as in Fig. 4, when the jaws are open, are compressed over the orice c through the table and under the ram 'v preparatory to being forced into the bottles.

Figs. et and 5 illustrate the jaws andmode Vhen the ram carrying slide is raised the jaws open as in Fig. 4, a cork Z is then dropped between the jaws as seen in Fig. 4, jaw fr is then closed compressing the cork sidewise between stationary jaw o and sliding jaw o', the latter then moves forward compressing the cork in the other direction and at the same time placing it over the hole c, through the table and under the ram which then descends and forces the cork into the bottle.

I claim- 1. The combination of the cork compressing jaws, consisting of a ixed jaw, a sliding jaw provided with a roll and a pivoted jaw also provided with a roll, with the cork inserting ram, the slide to which said ram is attached,

said slide provided with inclines against which said rolls take, a bottle holding table, an elastic cushion for the top of the bottle, and actuating mechanism substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cork compressing jaws, consisting of the fixed jaw, sliding jaw, and the pivoted jaw with the cork inserting ram, bottle holding table,elastic cushion for the top of the bottle, the slide carrying the ram, inclines on the slide for actuating the compressing jaws, and the lever for actuating the slide substantially as described.

3. The combination of the counter weighted vertically moving bottle supporting table, the ram, the slide carrying the ram, the bottle, the wedge adapted to clamp the table support, and provided with a chamber, and a rod connecting said slide and wed ge, said rod having a head iitting in said chamber of the wedge and adapted to lift the wedge and release the table, and to permit the slide to over-run the wedge after it jams the table support substantially as described.

et. The combination of the bottle holding table, the vertically adjustable support of said table, the yoke supporting the standard, the counter-weighted lever supporting the yoke, the standard clamping wedge, the ram carrying slide, and the rod connecting the said slide and wedge, said Wedge provided with a chamber, and said rod having a head fitting in said chamber of the wedge and adapted to lift the wedge and release the table, and to permit the slide to over-run the wedge after it jams the table support substantially as described.

5. The combination of the ram carrying slide, the lever for working the slide, the extension arm of the lever, the links coupling said extension arm of the lever with a fixed pivot, and the counterweight, said counterweight mounted on the link pendent from the extension arm substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ANDERS ANDERSEN IINDS'IOFTE.

Vitn esses:

LAURiTz NIoLsEN, CHRISTIAN LAnsEN. 

